Coming home to the North Cascades
When you give yourself to places, they give you yourself back. –Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust
North Cascades
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Books I like
What I’m Reading | Three Books to Inspire You for Hiking Season
It’s raining, it’s pouring, and hiking season feels a long way off. No worries. Pick up these three hiking memoirs and be transported into the wilderness.
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Of mountains and mountaineers
Storied climber Fred Beckey died on October 30, felled by congestive heart failure at age 94 after a lifetime relentlessly dedicated to putting up routes on peaks around the world. Both Mr. Adventure and I have longstanding connections to Beckey, Mr. Adventure as a former climber and an admirer and me as an historian of the North Cascades. And last Friday, as we drove through unseasonably early snow over two mountain passes on our way…
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Should we restore grizzlies to the North Cascades?
Should we restore grizzlies to the North Cascades? Now is the time to get involved in the decision-making process.
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National park crowd control, mid-century style: A tram in the North Cascades
An aerial tram could transport lots of national park visitors to scenic alpine viewpoints. Ain’t gonna happen.